Process and apparatus for making wire-glass.



J. J. QUERTINMONT. PROCESS AND APPARATUS POB. MAKING WBE GLASS.

APPLICATION FILED PEB.1, 1908.

MONT, a citizen ofthe United States, resid- UNITED sur-Arms PATENT" 4OFFICE-g"'' y JULES J. Q-UERTINMONT, for POINT zlvrAmon, PENNsYLvivIa.

PROCESS AND APIARATUS FOR MAKING -WIRGLASS.

XTo all whom it may concern:

B e it known that I, JULES J. Q nnn'rining at Point Marion, in the county of Fayette and State. of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Processes and Apparatus for Making VVire-Glass, fof which the following yis a specification. j

My invention relates to the manufacture of glass, and has. to do particularly with. the production "of plates ,y or vsheets ofglass which are reinforced by a wire mesh or the like embedded therein, this article b eing commonly known as wire glass. j 4The invention consists rst, in an .j improved method tov facilitate the production of such glass, and, second, in a novel `form of apparatus which is especially adapted v-"for carryingout said method.

The features of invention will be more fully understood fromy the yfollowing de-v tailed description taken "in connection with the accompanying drawings'.

Referring to the drawings, wherein like reference characters are used to designate the ksame arts in each of theseveral views: Figure 1 isa perspective view of a troughladle employed; F1g,.2 is a transverse-vertical 'section 'through a pair of such .ladles juxtaposed as in use, withcertain coperating parts; Fig. 3 is alikel transverse verticalv section but showing the ladies held in "their supporting frame and illustrating the device inoperation; and Fig. 4 is a plan view of the ladl'es disposed 'as in Fig. 2.

1 is an elongated trough-like ladle preferably of V-shape in cross section and having suitable means for engaging and manipulating the same as eyes 2 whereby it'may -or vane 4, which follower fulcrums about the bottom of the ladle and preferably extends somewhat above the top thereof as shown. These followers extend the full In carrying out my y Specification of Letters yPatent. 'Patnted Oct, 12, 1909, ,Application led February 1, 1908./v Serial No. 413,852.l l y I length of the ladles and lit the ends thereof quite closely.` y f f l*The supporting frame is or may be coniposed of two Y members 5, (i secured in proper relative posit-ion by tie bolts 7. The upper ends 8 and 9 of said Y members are adapted to, receive and Vfit the ladles I and hold them a short distance apart so as to i leave a slot -10 between them. The inner ends Svof said members are short enough so as to not interferewith said slot 10. The

molten glass in said ladies having reached 'the proper degree of fluidity, an end vof wire mesh `is passed up through slot l0, being guided endwlse by guides y3, 3. The projecting yend of said meshis grasped by and gradually drawn upward'` by suitable tongs 1.1, and the followers 4, 4 are simultaneously gmoved inward toward each other. be readily seen, and by reference to Fig.

As will l from the above described process are obvious,

and it will ybe -seen that I am enabled to make plates of glass of any ordinary size with great facility.

It will'be apparent that the guides', 3

may .be moved toward each other, awayA from the ends of tliefladles and 'secured in' place to. guide s1naller"'sizes of wire mesh sheets.

I am aware that the form of apparatus disclosed maybe widely varied without (leparting from thebroad characteristics of my invention, and I do not desire to be limited therein -nor in the details of the process, except in accordance with the following claims.

It will be seen from the' foregoing descripj tion of process and apparatus that I may make ordinary sheet or plate glass by simply omitting to pass the wire mesh .through the slot 10 by closing up said slot 10 and causing die tongs 11 to grasp the upper edge of the glass as it is pushed up or flows on top of the meeting edges of the two ladles l, l, when the molten glass is forced out of the ladles by the follower plates il, l, as before explained. It will also be seen by this process and apparatus I am able to make sheet,

plateor wire glass which yhas both of its sides highly polished and` of great luster, for the reason that no tool 'or any part of the apparatus touches 'the surfaces 'of the glass any time during its manufacture.

Having now I claim as new and desire to secure by Let- Y ters Patent is as follows l. The process of making reinforced glass, which comprises passing a reinforcing element alongside molten masses and positively piling up the molten masses at the plane of formation whereby layers from said mass are simultaneously forced toward and freely on both sides of said reinforcing element.

2. The process of making reinforced glass which comprises' passing a reinforcing ele-A mentbetween -masses of' molten glass, and positively piling up the molten glass at the plane of formation whereby layers-'of glass are simultaneously forced toward and freely thereupon from opposite sides of said reinforcing element. 0

3. .Theprocess of making'wire glass which comprises passing a wire meshbetween separate masses of molten glass, and positively piling up the molten glass at the plane of formation. whereby layers of glass from each mass arelsiinultaneous'ly forced toward and freely upon opposite sides of said wire mesh.

4. The process of making wire glass which comprises vpassing a wire reinforce between separate masses of molten glass, `manipulat-v ing said masses so as to positively pilelup the molten-'glass at` theplane of formation whereby a layer of glass from each is simulglass at the plane of formation whereby a 1,

layer 'therefrom is freely formed upon said reinforce, and regulating the speed of the wire mesh to produce the desired thickness. *l

6. apparatus for making wire glass comprising a holding trough, means` for described my invention, what guiding a reinforce member adjacent t to., and means for positively piling np molten glass vfrom said trough at?" the of formation and freelyagainst'said force member.

7. An apparatus for making wire comprising two troughs, means for ho ig them adjacent to each other, means for ing a reinforce member between-said troughs and means for positively piling up the molten glass from each trough at the piane of formation and freely toward the central line between said troughs.

8. A n apparatus formaking wire comprising two troughs, means for holding them in juxtaposition to each other with their adjacent sides parallel, means for guiding a reinforce member between saidA troughs and means for positively piling up the moi-.- ten glass simultaneously from said troughs at the plane Iof formation and freely over adjacent sides of said troughs.

9. An apparatus for making wire glass ycomprising apair of V-shaped troughs,

means for holding said troughs with their adjacent sides parallel and -'Witha slot therebetween, means for guiding a wire mesh in said slot, and means for forcing molten glass froni'said troughs over said adjacent sides thereof.

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10. An apparatus for making wire'glass comprising a V-shaped trough, a follower blade adapted to rest at 'the apex of the trough and pivot therein, and means for guiding a wire mesh adjacent ,a side of said trough to receive molten glass displaced from said trough.

il. An apparatus for making wire glass comprising two V-shaped troughs, followerbladesin each adapted topivot therein and to swing toward'each other, means for hold ing said troughs with their adjacent sides parallel and withal slot therebetween, and means for guiding a wire mesh in said-slot. In testimony whereof I aflix my signature lin presence oftwo witnesses. f

v V JULES J. QUERTINMONT. Vvlitnesses Wr. T. DEvLiN, Fmnsn Dumme.

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